Abstract

Background

What if you fire a bullet and, like a boomerang, it comes back towards you after hitting the target, leaving no trace in the body.

Case presentation

A similar case was presented to us for an autopsy at the district mortuary, Aligarh, with a bullet unusually ricocheting within the thoracic cavity and taking almost path of incidence after grazing over the 3rd rib and coming out just closure to the entry wound towards the musketeer. The presence of stippling at both the entrance and exit wounds poses a challenge to interpreting the track of the injury.

Conclusion

Thorough and detailed examination at autopsy and crime-scene investigation revealed a strange ricochet event within the chest cavity.

Details

Title
Boomerang of bullet from the chest cavity—an autopsy case
Author
Khan, Mohd Kaleem 1 ; Kumar, Jitendra 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University, Department of Forensic Medicine, Aligarh, India (GRID:grid.411340.3) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 0765) 
Pages
34
Publication year
2023
Publication date
Dec 2023
Publisher
Springer Nature B.V.
ISSN
2090-536X
e-ISSN
2090-5939
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-023-00354-1
ProQuest document ID
2831685179
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2023. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.